Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1967

Panama Invasion History:


Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Chordata
Subphylum:   Vertebrata
Superclass:   Osteichthyes
Class:   Actinopterygii
Subclass:   Neopterygii
Infraclass:   Teleostei
Superorder:   Acanthopterygii
Order:   Perciformes
Suborder:   Blennioidei
Family:   Blenniidae
Genus:   Lupinoblennius
Species:   vinctus

Synonyms

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

Food:

Invertebrates

Consumers:

Fishes, birds

Trophic Status:

Carnivore

Carn

Habitats

General HabitatCoarse Woody DebrisNone
General HabitatOyster ReefNone
General HabitatCanalsNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
Salinity RangeMesohaline5-18 PSU
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Vertical HabitatNektonicNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Salinity (‰)0Experimental 60% survival for 100 hours (McCosker and Dawon 1975)
Broad Temperature RangeNoneSubtropical-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNoneMesohaline-Polyhaline (field collectionbs at 10-35 PSU, Dawson 1972, long-term tolerance of freshwater unknown)

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1967 Def Unk
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast Native Estab

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1998 Ichthyological Collection Catalog. <missing URL>



Cohen, Andrew N. (2006) Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 127-206

Dawson, C. E. (1970) The Caribbean Atlantic blenny Lupinoblennius dispar (Tribe: Blenniini), with observations on a Pacific population, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83: 273-286

Hildebrand, Samuel F. (1939) The Panama Canal as a passageway for fishes, with lists and remarks on the fishes and invertebrates observed, Zoologica (New york Zoological Society) 24: 15-45

McCosker, J.E., Dawson, C.E. (1975) Biotic passage through the Panama Canal, with particular reference to fishes, Marine Biology 30: 343-351

Robins, C. Richard; Ray, G. Carleton; Douglass, John; Freund, Rudolf 1943 (1986) <missing title>, Houhgton Mifflin, Boston. Pp. <missing location>

U.S. National Museum of Natural History 1996-2014 NMNH Fish Collection Database.. <missing URL>